Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1930, Page 31

FOOD PAGE. Development of Individuality BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER Each person has peculiarities of con- duct that are indicative of character or are foibles amusing, annoying or merely noted by one's family and friends. Parents notice traits that de- velop in their offspring, frequently at early ages. If the peculiarities are un- attractive, it is for the parents to en- deavor to prevent them from becoming habits. If the traits are endearing, as « they often are, then the parents may well watch with pleasure their growth and development, and rejoice in seeing !.h;m take root as elements of char- acter. Sometimes it is possible to tell when 8 person has been in a room just by knowing the person's peculiarities. It may be that doors to closets are left ajar, or that drawers are not shut over tables, or articles of clothing are left out. These are among the minor unattractive peculiarities. Among the same minor group but of an agreeable kind are such peculiarities as the orderliness of some persons, the artistry of others. It is frequently said of the latter that one would always know when such an individual had been in a room of her home. She left her mark of artistry in the very way she rearranged the books on a table or set the chairs at varying angles, or did any of the thousand and one little things whereby she could set her mark. ‘There are unattractive personal pe- culiarities that can be guarded against by parents, when they see them begin- ning to develop. For instance, biting the nails, a nervous tendency to rub the face, denoting self-consciousness, etc. It may be worthy of note that by pe- culiarities, of whatever sort th ; may be, detectives discover many a criminat or sway suspicion away from innocent persons. Little trails are identifying, for or for ill. It behooves us all to see that such peculiarities as we have are of a fine type. (Copyright, 1930.) Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. January 10, 1860.—Notwithstanding the forbidding condition of the streets, the first executive reception of the sea- son at the White House tonight was fully attended. President Buchanan and his niece were both in excellent health and spirits and received their multitude of guests in the most cordial and agreeable manner. Marshal Selden officiated at the side of the President and Dr. Blake presented the guests to Miss Lane. Among the prominent persons present were Secretaries Cobb, Toucey and ‘Thompson, and their ladies; many Sen- ators and members of the House, some with ladies; members of foreign lega- tions, accompanied by ladies, and va- rious other persons of distinction from home and abroad. A stranger in the room attracted con- siderable attention by the peculiarities of his attire, which consisted of a military uniform with a silk scarf thrown over his shoulders. It is said that he has come to Washington as an applicant for a patent on a steam plow and that his brilliant costume was worn in accordance with the advice of some of his boarding-house acquaintances, who suggested to him that to succeed in securing his patent he must make himself somewhat prominent in Wash- ington soclety and thus attract the at- tention of the influential politicians. Prof. Scala and the Marine Band furnished the usual quota of splendidly alnyed patriotic airs during the recep- jon. A crowd of some 200 persons collected in the middle of Pennsylvania avenue near the Capitol gate this evening to look at the remains of what had just previously been a decent-looking hack- ney carriage, but was then reduced to an undoubted wreck. The forward axle | broke in coming down Capitol Hill and let the driver over the washboard. The horses trotted along very quietly and dragged the spunky driver, who would not let go, through the mud for a con- siderable distance. Finally the animals, discovering that something serious was the matter, came to a stop. The driver got up, and after collecting the scattered parts of the de- molished {vehicle into a pile, departed in quest kf a clean pond in which to leave the mud accumulated upon his person, An 0ld gentleman, who was riding in the hackney carriage at the time of the accident, left in haste at an early stage tight, that books and papers are strewn in the proceedings. MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif, January 10] (N.AAN.A.).—New York soon will begin | to cry feebly for mercy. The motion icture profession has ruf ly reached for its presiding geniuses of enter- tainment, and is snatching them from th?fl{nempolu as fast as they register & hit. Max Steiner arrived in Hollywood ‘Thursday to be assoclate musical direc- tor on a local movie lot. He is the chap who made the current success of New York, “Sons of Guns,” the show in which Lily Damita and Jack Dono- hue are carrying the town. ‘The laurels of this triumpn are still very green and fresh on Steiner's brow. ‘The Manhattan critics have but just|in had their say about this show. But what a say! They have dug all the superlatives they knew out of their hiding places and let them run riot, Some of them got so excited and so natural that they forgot to use the familiar cliche in the columm. ~And elimination of this word at the present time is a grave oversight, attributable only to intense feeling. . Steiner finds an old chum writing operettas on the Le Baron lot: Harry Tierney, composer of “Rio Rita,” has been associated with this new importa- tion in past years. ‘The new rush for Western pictures is | an outgrowth of public demand, we un- derstand. William Haines is making a Western, and Eddie Quillan is just be- ginning ‘one, a story written by James | Gleason, that actor-author-wit who seems equally nimble in every branch | of talent. Edwin Carewe has declared himself sick of indoor pictures, and will deal| only with stories that carry the action | out into the open. The first two tales of his new regime will be Western | locales. Gary Cooper will make only Western g};tures this vear, his studio announces. is 6 foot 3 hero is a Montana boy | who knows the range by heart. He is espectally good in the medium. When Winfield Sheehan chose a story for the first “grandeur” picture it was lead. Nothing fits more ideally in the vast medium of the big screen than the tremendous reaches of this far country, which have never been convincingly shown on the small screen. Talkies came into popularity and most of the producers regarded it as the signal to retire the cowboy type from their lists. Some of the discarded horse-opera heroes took up aviation; others went into circus life; still others passed into the ranks of the citizenry. Ken Maynard alone held faith ‘in Western films—enough faith to invest his own money in them. He became a producer and experimented with sound the open air. He learned how to adjust microphones and to move them about. He got a conversation between two cowboys riding galloping horses by the simple process of fixing a tiny microphone in the bandanna worn about the throat. The effect was ex- cellent. One hears the voices back- hmrnded by the beat of the horses’ 00fs. stories of the far country to fit into the huge arc of the coming movie revela- tion, the grandeur screen. Guessing games have taken the in- telligentsia of the colony by storm. Yes, there is an intelligentsia in gela- tinland, and they keep to themselves. They discuss the best books and the good music, the relative merits of the new musicians sent over by Europe to dazzle concertgoers in these United States. ‘Their gramophone records reveal dis- tinguished taste in music—Wagner, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann, and & sprinkling of the moderns, a dash of Respighi or a brilliant bit by Poulenc. Ruth Chatterton is queen of the group, and about her and Ralph Forbes, her husband, gather Ronald Colman, Bill Powell, Ilka Chase, Lois Wilson and other members of the thinking group of movieland. Movieland motto: “Show me your friends and I'll tell you what company you work for and & Western, with George O'Brien in the | what salary you get.” THE NEW WAY Employers in these modern days re- verse the old time-honored plan, and every month or two they raise the ‘wages of the working man. Of old it was the proper thing to pay as little as they could; the man who paid the ‘wage was king, and everything he did was good. And he was ready to con- tend that business soon would be de- cayed, all industries would see their end, if higher wages should be paid. But now employers roundly swear that pauper wages are a crime; the worker must have coin to spare so he may have a bully time. The more the hardy toiler earns, the more productive is his life, his surplus cash he promptly burns when he goes shopping with his wife. ‘This coin goes back to those who make the standard goods we see on sale, the filvver and the garden rake, the cork- screw and the three-quart pail. The men who work are free to spend, they are not tightwads, as a rule; they must have garments when they wend to frolic in the swimming ‘pool. ~They must have oil and gasoline if they would scorch along the road; they must have pigments, red or green, if they would paint up their ahode. must have hats to to must have decent 4 if they for a pittance work, these goodly things they can’t.afford. Such talk ‘was treason long ago, and until very recent times; employers kept the wages Jow, and groaned when handing out the dimes. But now last they see the light, and captains of great industries insist that workers have the right to (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN, “I didn't have no business goin’ to old man Smith’s funeral, but I'd been needin’ a good cry for a week an’ couldn't get started.” (Copyright, 1930) b s Inexpensive Bath Mats. If the woman who has a pile of stock- plenty of Turkish towels, ‘select two towels of medium size with colored bor- ders and blanket stitch them together all around with heavy colored get up from their bended knees. ‘WALT MASON. (Copyright, 1930.) then tack them together with the same thread doubled, just as you would tack & quilt. Such a mat is inexpensive, pretty, serviceable and easily v:nhed. Now they're all doing it—making | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1930. The task of selecting new furnish- ings becomes simple in proportion as the plan of arrangement becomes defi- nite. In order to experiment intelli- gently with the problem of final ar- rangement, it is necessary to go over the details of the whole situation. The selection of new things then becomes a matter of choosing such objects as will fit a definite place, a definite pur- pose, and a more or less definite color scheme. One of the advantages of furnishing or refurnishing according to a definite arrangement is that the plan is fixed before it is carried out. In this way every decision can be wisely balanced without the pressure of hurry. Having a plan tends to economy, for it reduces to a minimum the usual mistakes in purchasing and puts a check on useless and impulsive buying. At the same time it finds a place for and uses to advan- tage present belongings. It eliminates trash and useless bric-a-brac. No one would serjously include in a furnishing scheme the mass of trifling stuff that is allowed to accumulate in the home. It simplifies the problem of selecting new articles, for the nature and the use of the various things are defined by the plan. It secures a coherent result. In many cases the refurnishing plan resolves itself first into the elimination of useless and inappropriate furnishings, then the rearranging of the furnishings that are left to harmonize with wall spaces and with the size and shape of the rooms. Any tendency to cover up plain spaces by sprawling objects over it should be checked at once, as it spoils rather than creates an effective ar- rangement. For instance, vines, rib- bons or flowers strewn at random over a dinner table with the idea of making it appear festive defeats the purpose and ends in being unattractive. Table dec- orations condensed into definitely placed spots or central masses are much more effective, since each is set off by the plain cloth that surrounds it. Unless objects that have claims to being ar- tistic are of a superior quality they are of no use, for the space they leave un- occupied is more valuable than their presence. Better too much empty space than an article too many, as space is expressive of dignity and repose. Choosing a Color Scheme. ‘While a skillful choice of color scheme is the most important factor in creat- ing an effective interior, it is sometimes not easy to obtain. Location, exposure. lighting, size and use of the room and any fixed color in structural features, such as walls or woodwork, are impor- tant factors in the choice of color schemes. Soft, dull or grayed colors should be used for the large masses. They are more likely to marmonize with each other and to make an effective back- ground for people and furnishings than are bright colors. Bright colors may be used in small masses to accent or to emphasize a color scheme. A vase of flowers, a lamp shade, or a book with a binding of just the right color, may serve to complete the idea. Colors tinged with red, yellow or orange, such as tan or taupe, sand or brown, and many others, produce a happy effect and are especially suitable in rooms with a northern exposure. Colors tinged with green or biue may produce a restful effect in rooms with a ls&l;]them exposure or with too much t. Light colors tend to make a room look larger, lighter and cleaner than do dark colors. Light colors are especially ap- propriate in a bed room, a bath Yoom or a kitchen and are an economic mea- sure where light needs to be conserved. Dark colors may tone down a glaring light, but they aiso tend to make a room look smaller, darker and less cheerful than do light colors. Tones that are neither light nor dark are usually ap- propriate in living rooms. ‘While a number of colors, if harmo- nious, may be used in one room, a pre- vailing note of one color tends to unify the color scheme. Likewise, similar col- ors in a series of connecting rooms con- tribute to unity of effect. Curtains and Hangings. Do not choose what is most fash- ionable in curtains, but choose what is most_suitable. If your house is of the simple type then it will be best to use he window sill length of curtain. In important rooms the longer curtains will always add dignity. In bed rooms the shorter length curtain is better. but the longer curtain may be used in an upstairs sitting room. When choosing material for your cur- tains do not buy material that is so expensive that you will have to econo- mize on the amount needed, as skimpy curtains are in very bad taste. Instead, buy less expensive material, so that you can have plenty of it to use. Deep hems give a generous appearance to curtains. Keep trimmings simple, even on cur- tains of handsome materials. Straight-line curtain hanging is frequently seen in the new house. In the average room not over nine feet high, the valance is not necessary, as it Various Advantages Offered in Decorating and Lighting Suggestions for the New Year. Choosing Color Scheme. cuts the height of the room. When set- tling the question of the length that your window draperies should be, there are only two lengths permissible, one reaching to the window sill and the other to about one inch from the floor. Nurtm of the in-between lengths is cor- rect. Choose clear colors for window cur- tains, so that the light coming through into your room will give the appear- ance of filtered sunlight. If your room does not get direct sunlight, cream, beige, ecru and gold coloring will give you a sunlight effect. If you have a good view, do not shut it out, but draw back the curtains and frame the view for those within. Window Shades. ‘The purpose of the window shade is to give privacy to a room and to exclude light. Either shades of a very grayed color or shades which are of a different color on each side should be used. Choosing shades of a different color on either side makes it possible to have them both the same color as the wall and the outside of the house. If the shades are of the same color through- out the house, the outside appearance of the house will be greatly improved. Plain shades are much better than those which have fringes and lace on them or those made with the lower edg= in the shape of scallops. Sometim , when there is no color in the rest of the window decoration glazed chintz roller shades may be used in breakfast rooms and kitchens. Chintz shades can both harmonize with the dominant color in the room and repeat the color of the wall. No roller shades need to be used if draw curtains are used. ‘Wall Hangings. Fabrics hung upon a wall can relieve the bare or cold appearance of a room better even than a picture. It is not so much the design in a hanging as it is the mingling and reflection of colors that causes a wall fabric to enrich a room. Wall hangings do not need to be either expensive or rare. Charm of color, texture and pattern is all that is necessary. Even small homes can now make use of wall fabrics in simple ma- terfals, Wall cretonnes can be ar- ranged to form the backgrounds for mirrors that are detached from the bureaus or dressing tables under them. Charming India prints, printed linens and Mexican and Indian blankets make very effective wall decorations if the colorings harmonize with the wall paper and other furnishings. Old bedspreads, handwoven in color, make interesting wall hangings and lit- tle bits of Chinese embroidery make ex- quisite wall decorations. Upholstery art needlework designs can be worked up into panels. Old silk or satin dresses and evening wraps can sometimes be converted into rich hangings. Finish- ings to wall hahgings can be produced by hemming or binding with silk, satin, ribbon or velvet. Wall fabrics may be used to hide soiled places on the wall or faded spots on wall paper. Effective Lighting. ‘The usual living room is a combina- tion reception room, parlor and library, as well as the place where the family col tes when company is not pres- ent. For this reason, it presents special problems in lighting. Each bit of il- jumination in any room is determined by the colors used in the decoration of the room. Certain colors reflect light. while others absorb it. Dark walls and dark furniture make more light neces- sary. l"1'!',he color scheme of a room must be considered when declding upon the in- tensity of the lamps and the color of the shades to be used. Shades must be cnosen to harmonize with the general color scheme of the room. All lights should be so hidden beneath shades that none of the globe itself can be seen from an ordinary position. Rose, cream and yellow shades make the light look mellow and warm. Blue and green pro- duce a cold effect. An effectively lighted dining table catches and holds the attention of the diners and the low intensity of a soft and perhaps different tint of the sur- rounding room shuts them in and helps to increase the quiet intimacy of the meal. The table itself should be the brightest spot in the room. The kitchen should be well lighted from the ceiling and a wall bracket or v‘e]'l!-!hlded drop light placed over the sink. In bed rooms, for general {llumina- tlon, an overhead fixture of cluster or bowl type is suitable. Wall brackets may be used on both sides of a dresser or chiffonier and when properly placed and shaded provide ideal lighting. Two small boudoir lamps would also solve the problem, one placed on each side of the dressing table, making it possible to move the light so that it will reflect into the mirror from different angles. ‘Wall brackets will give enough light for a small bath room, but a central fixture is best for a large bath room. filt;’s:u of all description need a small ght. Kitchen Now Is BY SALLY MONROE. The better furnishing and equipping of present-day kitchens is due in some measure to the fact that relatively more women have to do their own ccking than used to be the case. Wiscly enough, the woman who spends four or five hours a day washing dishes and preparing meals in the kitchen wants to have that room not only clean and convenient, but attractive as well. Just how much attention should be devoted to merely decorative effect de- pends somewhat on the temperament of the woman who is to work there. Some women are content if the room is clean and convenient—while other women want an attractive view from the window over the sink, like attrac- tive blue-and-white check curtains at the sides of the windows, and are cheered by the presence of red gerani- ums in pots on the window ledges. The old-time kitchen was undonubtedly a far more picturesque room than the kitchen of today, and even when there were servants aplenty it was the scene of much sociaibility. It was usually the room where the servants ate, the room where the tradesmen’s hoys came with meat and groceries and other sup- plies and passed the time nf day with the kitchen maid. Tuere was a fine, mellow look about the stove, the tables, the chairs that showed not too scrupu- lous scrubbing and polishing. Now the tendency is to use the kitch- en for nothing but the cooking. If there are servants aplenty then there is a servants’ hall, used as a dining room and sitting room for househald employes. ‘Tradesmen leave their bun- dles in the back entrance hall, We rather resent having them bring their muddy shoes into the kitchen, ‘Time was when the farm kitchen was the social center for the entire house. ‘The hired man as well as the man of the house was wont to “wash up” in the kitchen before meals., They both habitually entered thc house Ly way of the kitchen door. But now scme farmers’ wives are asserting themselves. And they, like their city cousins, are ead, | demanding kitchens that are used only for preparation of food and cish wash- ©On the other hand, there 13 another tendency nowadays to use a corner of Laboratory, Unlike Traditional Room the kitchen or an nlcove off it for & breakfast nook. And this makes a still different eort of kitchen to ccnsider. ‘The whole point of tris eating .00k must be one of convenience. o 1f you plan one, be sure it is first of all con- venient. It must be really near the stove and the kitchen sink to be worth anything. An alcove off the dining room, thereforz, would not serve the purpose. Perhaps if you wish to have an eating nook in the kitchen you can have a kitchen pantry with a window cleared out and made into one. Pots and pans can be hung on 2 board on the kitchen wall—as many women prefer nowa- days to have them. Benches and a drop-leaf table may ke installed in the nook, with shelves high enough on the walls' to be above the line of heads. Among this week's interesting queries the are these: “Please tell me the difference be- tween a goulash and a ragout.—V. V. H. A stew, Hungarian style, is usually indicated by the word goulash, Stew, just plain stew, by a French name is a ragout. It is, strictly speaking, sup- posed to be rather rich and highly seasoned. “What is a cutlet as the word is used on menus?”—Louise B. A cutlet is a small slice ¢f meat. Sliced leg of veal i3 our usual cutlet, but there are chicken cutlets, consisting of strips of the breast, and fish cutlets, consisting of slices of any fish large enough to cut into slices. We also ilcmeumzs call a flai croquette a cut- et. “Please tell me what a fondue is."— . M. D. ‘This is a cheese dish, made of cheese that has been melted. Noodle Scallop. Cook one plclnae, or six ounces, of ‘wide noodles in boiling salted water un- til tender, then drain. Heat one can of chicken soup with one cupful of rich milk and season to taste. Put the noodles in a baking dish, pour the soup cracker crumbs and over, ‘E:n,”. with dot with butter. Bake in @ moderate oven until brown, MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Spelling Lessons. One Mother Says: Jimmy's_teacher gave him a list of words_each night to prepare for the next day. I allowed him to, study them for a short time in the usual way, then I had him spell them to me orally, making a mental note of his difficultiss. Then I said: “I wonder if I could do any better than you?” and suggested that he be the teacher and hear me and see if he could detect any mistakes Usually I misspelled the same word hc had, so I said: “Well, that word fooled us both; let's each write it out three or four times”” The list was covered in this way, and when I thought he knew them all T had him write them as I pro- nounced them. He thought all this was great fun and cid not mind studying his spelling lesson. (Copyright, 1930.) THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Exquisite Lines. A smart modified princess model ‘you'll adore because of the wrapped movement of tiered flounce of skirt, that makes it so slimly flattering. ‘The higher waistline indicated by horizontal tucks at either side is also a clever idea of detracting from width. The flounce treatment appears again | in scalloped sleeve flare. The youthful bertha collar also shows smart scalloped edge. It is interpreted in black canton crepe with collar of deep shade ecru 78 115 lace with jade green faille silk ribbon bow, an exact copy of the Paris import. Style No. 115 is designed in sizes 16, t‘78. LZO years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches ust. 2 Bottle green faille silk crepe is ef- fective self-trimmed. Jacquard silk crepe in rust tones is charming choice, with collar of plain crepe in blending tone which appears again in sleeve flares. Patou’'s dahlia purple shade in flat ?gk crepe is wearable and captivating ea. Orange-red’ flat silk crepe shows daring chic for youth and youthful type of woman, worn for afternoons and Sunday night occasions. Sheer metal cloth is irresistible in beige or green tones for afternoons, dinner wear or Sunday night occasions. Coarse net in black is another youth- ful idea well liked for formal wear. 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and ‘Twenty-ninth street, New York. We suggest that when you send for pattern you inclose 10 cents additional for a copy of our new Fashion Magazine. For a pattern of this style, send ! FOOD AND THRIFT IN THE HOME System in New Furnishings Means Economy to Family Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. It is the underweight and hungry baby whose mother begins to look around | for some possible food with which to appease his appetite. The baby bound- ing upward in weight is looked upon as “doing all right,” and the mother is apt to put off the day of additional feedings as a necessary evil of the future. 1t is better for several considerations to begin early to feed the baby addi- tional foods. ~ And “additional” mea just what its name implies, for cereal is “extra” and not a substitute for some other food already in the diet. When the mother asks, “Shall T give baby both cereal and his bottle?” is thinking of cereal as a food in place of the formula. This it is not. Unless she uses some of the formula over the cereal she gives the full bottle formula lition to it. Usually at five months we give baby his first taste of this new food. We give it by spoon, because it is highly desirable m.'@oi',e learn how to manage foods from a spoon. It is possible, if he is badly in need of the food and re- fuses it, to put the cereal with the for- mula, but one must think of this as only a temporary makeshift. It is al ways a _mistake to put everything in a baby's bottle formula just because it is easier to get the various foods “into” baby this way. He needs practice in swallowing thicker foods. ~He needs practice in accepting foods from either spoon or cup. The baby who can sit up and hasn't been made fearful of spoons by previous disagreeable experi- ences with “nasty” medicines or a spoonful of burning soup or cereal is usually only too willing to swallow anye thing offered him. If we want to prejudice baby in favor of his new food we must have fi smooth. thin enough to swallow easily and delicious to the taste, We should give it to him before his bottle or his nursing, and not wait until he is filled to the chin and in no mood to swallow another mouthful. We should begin with teaspoonful amounts, a portion that commonly seems too small to the mother, who thinks of cereal in terms of full dishes. But mothers learn by bitter experience that new foods must always be given in small amounts, given cautiously for days or even weeks, and increased slow- ly, 8o that baby's small stomach will learn to digest them without trouble, Keep in mind an idea of what con- stitutes an ordinary portion for a six- months baby, and then for a year-old baby, and work toward those amounts. Baby's own appetite is a fair guide and these normal portions a good check- rein. Our feeding leaflet offers an ap- petizing recipe for this first cereal, and the boxes of cereal themselves su; t the way to put the ingredients together. I find some young mothers are unaware that cereal is always poured slowly into the rapidly boiling liquid, stirred until thick and then cooked for an hour or more in a double boiler. The feeding leaflet just requires the usual self-addressed and st ped envelope inclosed with your request, both sent’ to me in care of the ""Your Baby and Mine” department of this newspaper. When Appetite Lags . One of the greatest compensations in the life of the man who works hard by the sweat of his brow is undoubtedly the fact that he eats his meals with a hearty appetite. The man or woman who has never experienced the sen- sation of eating good food with a whop})lnl good appetite has been cheated out of one of the real pleasures of life— a physical pleasure, if you like, but a pleasure, nevertheless. Yet how many women there are who will tell you that they never do feel really hungry! They eat, to be sure, and may even appreciate good cookery and fine flavor. But with a hungry, hearty appetite? Never. If you have never eaten with a good keen appetite the ehances are that you regularly eat oftener than you need to, or rather more than you need to. Or it may be that you do not do as much work, or get enough active exer- cise as you should. Inactive persons need very much less food than those who are working their muscles hard mo;c of )t‘hel d-kyAth' ‘ou who lacl iood,keenl ks tite try this: Rise when the margmg is cool and fresh, take only a roll and a cup of coffee and then take a good brisk ride on horseback for two or &ru hours. Then come back, take a good, Quick cool shower bath and see whether won't eat with a hearty appetite. e of Poitiers, one of the most charming women of old France, always took an early-morning horseback ride. Doubtless she ate with a keen appetite, and perhaps that is why she remained young so much longer than most women. Oranges 'i‘empt Us Oranges make deliclous salads in combination with other fruits, a good one: by One slice pineapple for. each portion, one-half cup celery, one-half cup of nuts (chopped), two oranges, mayon- naise, lettuce. Arrange slices of pine- apple on nests of lettuce leaves. Cut celery in slender strips, one and one- half inches long, and mix with nut meats. Pile in center of pineapple and garnish with four sections of orange, Iree from membrane, laid symmetrical- 1y on pineapple. Orange can be added to biscuits to make them extra tempting. To make them you will need two cups flour, one teaspoonful salt, one-half to three- quarters cupful milk, one orange, five teaspoonfuls baking powder, two table- spoonfuls shortening, 16 small lumps sugar. Sift together flour, baking pow- der and salt: cut in shortening with a knife and add enough milk to make a soft dough. Roll three-fourths inch thick, cut out with small round cutter and place close together in greased pan. Grate the yellow rind from the orange over the biscuits. Squeeze the juice, dip & lump of sugar in the julce and Fruu into center of each bisciit. Bake n a hot oven. ‘The one thing that you dread most and dislike most in housework—what is it? The French woman would call it her “bete noir"—her black beast—and that is a good name for it. An ugly beast it is that hides lurking behind doors and jumps out at you when you least expect him, taking the joy out of things. It may be, if you have good health and have systematized your work and are fortunate enough to have good equipment for doing your work, that there isn't any black beast in your house at all, and then keeping house is a daily pleasure. But there are very few housewives in any community who t‘ln1 not opsses at least one little “bete nofr. What is yours? One housewife to whom this question was put promptly answered, “Looking forward to rt.“ Al other said, “Dish wasl " Still a other declared that it was "Ylllnn g meals,” and & fourth that the thing she disliked most was “cleaning up after other people.” Usually there is some way, if not act- ually to slay the black beast, at least to keep him so in subjection that he gives little trouble. The woman who dreaded most looking forward to her work had not systematized her work as . Change Dreaded Features In Modern Housewife’s Day she should have. If you have a defl- nite time and a definite way to do every bit of your work, you don't have to look forward to it. After a while it be- comes second nature to do this sort of thing on such a day at such a time, and something else at another time. It is when you have to plan out your work afresh each day that you dread it. There is always the go&slbmty of putting it off, of doing the thing you don't like to do at some future time. So what this woman needed to slay her black beast was a little more system. The woman who dislikes dish washing most of all should solve her problem by fa it squarely. If possible, she should spend a few dollars getting the most attractive and most effective uten- sils to use in dish washing. She should provide herself with the sort of soap she likes best and keep on hand a good supply of dish towels and dish cloths. here is no practical way of doing dishes by machine in the small family, and the scheme of having paper plates and wooden spoons that can thrown away has never proved satisfactory either. The only thing to do is to make dish washing so attractive that you won't mind doing it. N it | ing FOOD PA The Sidewalks Washington has no truly Bohemian district, if by Bohemian we mean a section devoted to the residence of peo- ple engaged in writing and drawing. During the past few years studio apart- ments have become popular in the city, even though not tenanted strictly by artists, Should a colony be formed by those of the so-called Bohemian set we would gamble a new hat that it ‘would be situated somewhere in Georgetown. Bohemia seeks the old, the ancient spots for its rendezvous, and the charm- ing historical environs of Georgetown offer an abundance of atmosphere. ‘Washington has its Bohemians, even though they will not come when called by that name. They are no less Bohe- mians, Not, of course, the long- haired type so familiar to the readers of flction. They compose themselves into groups for the dis- cussion of art, music, 1iterature and kindred sub- jects, and, instead of meeting in dark and sometimes damp studios and cheap restaurants, hold forth in our best hotels. Bohemia no longer means shaking a fist at con- vention or deliberately offending univer- sal custom, For that matter, it never did. Washington's Bohemians _are { thoughtful pewle, devoted to the pur- sult of cultur®, representing the best citizens. * ok kK He was suffering from a temporary affliction and said, “Well, I'm thankful |that I am not as badly off as 1So-and-s0.” He probably didn't con- sider the significance of his remark or he would have refrained from mak- THE LONG-HAIRED g it. Out at Walter Reed Hospital today Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Bits of brightly colored pottery in modernistic design find very happy set- tings in the sun room, breakfast room or such places as need a bit of cheer to drive out the dullness of gray days. And, then, isn’t there something very fascinating about a colorful e in unique design? A tile can be used for 80 many different purposes. If the back 1s covered with felt it serves as a stand for a hot tea pot or cold-water pitcher; if equipped with sufficient sup- port, it makes a delightful book end. A pair of such book ends would be very | effective in an Italian or Spanish livirg room with brightly bound books be tween them. Another use for these gay litlle spots of color is that of a flower-pct | stand. The dampness occasioned by i the watering of the plant is kept from the table or window sill on which it is | placed and there is great charm in the | combination of the pot and tile. | The pots shown here have modern- | istic designs in very vivid coloring; which are in keeping with the tiles with which they are combined. LITTLE BENNY || BY LEE PAPE. | Sattiday afternoon me and Puds Sim- kins was taking a wawk, and it got colder and colder and so did we, and | we went in the free picture gallery to et warm, and we watched a guide tell- | g what the diffrent pictures was sip- | pose to be, and there was a buntch of little kids standing there, just stand- ing there close together, Puds saying to them. Whats you waiting for, kids? and one of them sed, We're waiting for our teecher, she's going to ixplain us the Ppictures. Giving me a ideer, and I wispered to Puds, Hay, lets pertend we're guides and lets show them the pictures. And Puds sed to the kids, O, so your the kids, are you? Well we're 2 guides and your teecher told us to take you around a while, he sed. Do you see this picture? he sed. Meening a picture of a lot of trees standing there by themselfs, Puds say- ing, This picture is intitled Moonlite in the Sunrise, it was painted by a art- ist in eleven minnits just to prove what you can do in eleven minnits. And we kepp on wawking around with the kids following us, and we came to a picture of a whole buntch of white horses running loose in a fearse storm with lightning going and everything, me saying. This picture is intitled The Falts Alarm. These horses are sippose to be fire horses, and the fire alarm got out of order and went off by mistake, ony the horses dident know that and they all ran out by them- selfs, and a fearse storm came up and its thundering like the dickins ony the painter dident know how to paint it in. And Puds started to tell them about a picture of a lady without hardly any clothes on, saying, This picture in- titled The Absent Minded Lady. She cant remember where she put her clothes and she's too modest to ask, he sed. Wich just then somebody sed, How dare you fill these childrens beds with such nonsents when their minds are in & unformed state? Being their teecher, and I sed. G, we dident know it. And me and Puds quick went out and kepp on wawking. DAILY DIET RECIPE. YUM YUM GEMS, Butter or substitute, half cup. Egg, one. Flour, two cups. Raisins, one cup. Brown sugar, one cup. Chopped walnuts, one cup. Sour milk, one cup. Soda, one teaspoon. Cloves, one teaspoon. Cinnamon, one teaspoon. Nutmeg, one teaspoon. Chopped walnuts, one cup. MAKES 18 OR 24 CAKES. Blend shortening, sugar and egg at one time. Add sour milk, Btir in sifted dry ingredients. Add raisins and nuts. Pour into g:eased cup cake tins or paper king cases and bake in moder- ate oven, 350 degrees F, for 15 or 20 minutes, DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein, starch, sugar and some fat. Much lime, iron present, but vitamins have been damaged by action of the soda. Recipe can be given to One of the largest pictures ever painted is the “Paradise” of Tintoretto, ‘which hangs in the palace of the Doges :', “:'cnioc. It measures 84 feet by 35 ee! 4 children of 12 and over occasion- and can be eaten in mod- eration by normal adults of aver- age or under weight. GE. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. are young men suffering from the re- sults of the conflict concluded 11 years ago. There are “basket” cases which micht wring sympathetic tears from the most hardened witness, and yet not a word of complaint escapes the lips of these boys who gave all save their lives for the country. Now that Christmas is over, it can be told. There were innumerable fami-, lies whose Christmas day was one of desolation and bleakness. This was no fault of the charitable people of the city or due to the inefficiency of our local organizations. This type of family was too proud to let the world in on the sad secret. They did not seek charity and hid their troubles from their friends. There are still a lot of game people in the world, * ok koK A well known artist recelved 300 Christmas cards. Recently he invited some friends to his home to look them over and suggested a contest to name the winner of the most striking card. After two cards tied for the lead they had to toss to decide. is a new card game, but can be played only once a year. W e il An “ol' clothes” man visited & cer- tain home. The owner of the house had turned over to his wife several suits which had seen honorable and long service with the that the money received for them should be hers. Several weeks later, the former owner of the suits was passing & sec- ond-hand clothing shop, and was amazed to see his outfits hanging in the window, look- ing as new as the day SAW WIS OUTATS IM A SECOND-HAND) SHOP— he himself had purchased them. A bit of retailoring and had given them the ap- pearance of having come directly from the factory. He thought at first of going in and purchasing them, but changed his mind. He was too proud to buy. i Which reminds us of a local man who sold his car for $45. The man to whom he sold the car put it in condition by painting the body and overhauling the motor and sold it at a $75 profit. ‘The man who paid the $75 profit turned the car in for a new one, and received an allowance on the old car which is nobody's business, * ok ok ‘There are men who are gifted with the talent for bargaining or discover- ing where articles they wish may be obtained. They are usually fellows com- pelled to count pennies. Some of them live in homes more imposing than those owned by men of greater means. * k% ok ‘The other day an old-fashioned car- riage, hauled two fine horses, moved down Connecticut avenue. A coach- man and footman sat high on the dri: ver's seat. Folks lwgpcd to stare the sight as they did when the first automobiles coughed their way through the city’s street. Vitamines Straight from Nature! Authorities agree that among the foods that are richest in vitamines are the fruits of the citrus family. Among the richest of these in vitamine ele- ments (owing largely to its abundant juice) is ' I \ | l ; - ATWOOD GRAPEFRUIT Added to this is an exqui- site flavor that makes it an ideal table luxury. LOOK FOR THE NAME ‘Wholesale Distributor : W. Chas. Heitmuller Co. 923 B Street N.W.